Early in February 1942, American newspapers reported the end of automobile production for
private use. The nation's automobile plants had been retooled to produce tanks, planes, boats,
and command cars. Across the nation, factories were converted to war production facilities. A
maker of mechanical pencils produced bomb parts. A bedspread company made mosquito netting and
a soft drink company was filling shells with explosives. At the end of 1942, I Henry J. Kaiser
had built seven massive and new shipyards.These ship yards turned out cargo carriers, tankers,
troop transports and baby aircraft carriers (Danzer et al. 565). Later that year, I invited reporters to Way One
in my Richmond, California shipyard to watch my workers
assemble Hull 440. I managed to have this ship finished
in four days. I used factory made parts that were really
quick to assemble. Other Kaiser Shipyards were
located in Ryan Point (Vancouver) on the Columbia River
in Washington state and in Portland, Oregon.
A smaller vessel was turned out in 71 hours and 40 minutes from
the Vancouver yard on November 16, 1942 ("Answers"). The Kaiser hulls also became
America's escort carriers, over one hundred small aircraft carriers which sailed into harm's way
in both the Pacific and the Atlantic Wars.
Citations
- Danzer A. Gerald, et al. The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century. Illinois.
Name: Henry J. Kaiser
Age: 56
School: some good school
Income: A lot
Birthday: January 30th
Zodiac: Aquarius
Occupation: American Industrialist
Early in February 1942, American newspapers reported the end of automobile production for
private use. The nation's automobile plants had been retooled to produce tanks, planes, boats,
and command cars. Across the nation, factories were converted to war production facilities. A
maker of mechanical pencils produced bomb parts. A bedspread company made mosquito netting and
a soft drink company was filling shells with explosives. At the end of 1942, I Henry J. Kaiser
had built seven massive and new shipyards.These ship yards turned out cargo carriers, tankers,
troop transports and baby aircraft carriers (Danzer et al. 565). Later that year, I invited reporters to Way One
in my Richmond, California shipyard to watch my workers
assemble Hull 440. I managed to have this ship finished
in four days. I used factory made parts that were really
quick to assemble. Other Kaiser Shipyards were
located in Ryan Point (Vancouver) on the Columbia River
in Washington state and in Portland, Oregon.
A smaller vessel was turned out in 71 hours and 40 minutes from
the Vancouver yard on November 16, 1942 ("Answers"). The Kaiser hulls also became
America's escort carriers, over one hundred small aircraft carriers which sailed into harm's way
in both the Pacific and the Atlantic Wars.
Citations
- Danzer A. Gerald, et al. The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century. Illinois.
McDougal Littel, 2003.
-<http://www.nndb.com/people/456/000114114/henry-kaiser-1-sized.jpg>. 24 October 2007.
-<http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-kaiser>. 24 October 2007.